35 Awkward Prom Pictures From The Early ’90s

It’s prom season! Let’s all admire the stylish prom fashions of the past with this collection of pictures. posted on April 6, 2011 at 2:58pm EDT

Matt Stopera BuzzFeed Staff posted about 2 years ago

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35 Awkward Prom Pictures From The Early '90s

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Not from the early ’90s, but the title of the prom is amazing. Source.
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The boy (or is she a girl?) on the nº 32 is NAPOLEON DYNAMITE
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Looks like about half of them are from the 80’s
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I love all the goth couples haha
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DUCKIE!!!!
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Well, he has been leveling up for a while.
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Why was the ‘long hair swooped over to one side and part of the other side of the head shaved’ hairstyle so popular with guys?
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awww. goths. <3
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a lot of these are from the 80s
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#33 Is that William Murderface?
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This looks like hipster fashion circa 2011.
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why so much male pattern baldness?
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#16 is my favourite.
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take away the gold trim in #32 and that could be now!
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#28 related?
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#32 is killin it!
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lupinelle 2 years ago

Costume history fail. The dresses and hairstyles in these range from early 80s to mid-90s. I graduated in 1993, and I was the only young woman at the prom in a pastel color (my dress was vintage). Everyone else was in black or jewel tones.
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#27 - LIKE A BOSS
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Most of these are from the 80’s.
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